Developmental foundations and clinical applications of social information processing: A review

Marriage and Family Review

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 327-345

  Adrian, Molly ^a   Lyon, Aaron R ^b   Oti, Rosalind ^c   Tininenko, Jennifer ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c SEATTLE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d Evidence Based Treatment Centers of Seattle   (United States)

Author keywords

Intervention; Prevention; Psychopathology; Social information processing; Social problem solving

Indexed keywords

EID: 78249238150     PISSN: 01494929     EISSN: 15409635     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01494929.2010.527809     Document Type: Review

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